… of the operation of discourse in practice. It is focussed on identifying the mechanism that
confers causal power … A fuller account of discourse would examine the ways in which the causal …

… This article seeks a way that discourse can be studied as a causal mechanism in the …
possibility is opened for the causal analysis of discourse as we analytically separate it from other …

… power 1 with puissance, and power 2 with pouvoir, the former referring to the causal power
as a potential, the latter to the … , as in the case of the unintended meanings of discourses, …

… used the texts and their analysis as benchmarks for the critical … of the confusion surrounding
the assessment of discourse. … with an SFL approach to discourse and applied linguists who …

… If we can define the causal relation, we can define influence, power, or authority, and vice-…
as causes-not only in our everyday discourse but in the natural and social sciences as well.27 …

… , the research highlights the dynamic nature of causal … , the shift from traditional to modern
political discourse towards complex causal stories reflects a growing acknowledgment of the …

… we try to match the causal relations against the rhetorical structure we have already outlined. …
, the causal relation between the affair and the resignation goes across the branches in the …

… The problem is how we should conceptualize power and … then relate power and domination
to notions like discourse, … to the conceptual relationship between discourse and power, …

… evaluates the uses of the concept of causal power in the critical … The concept of causal power
that appears in the early works … , and in our everyday discourse, the concept of autonomous …

… Second, I discuss the two basic forms of discourse: the coordinative discourse among policy
actors and the communicative discourse between political actors and the public. Throughout …